So I found that turning on sub-titles helped my understand some of the dialog/accents without too much distraction. I wish I would of thought of it sooner.
Just watched episode 5. Shit is solid this season.
And done. Man oh man. Part of me has always wanted there to be more Tom Hardy in this show, but the way he absolutely owns every scene that he's in kinda makes me feel like he would cheapen the rest of this show if he were in it more. If that even makes sense. Everyone did a stellar job this season.